plimsoll

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noun

Plural noun:

plimsollsplimsolplimsole

1.
(Ireland, UK)A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
2.
The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point.

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dap pump sandshoedap Britain regional, pump Britain regionalsandshoe Australia

Cùng gốc / liên quan

plimsolledPlimsoll line, Plimsoll mark

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant who created a system of marks and symbols for the waterline of ships. The shoe was possibly named because the line of its sole resembled the Plimsoll line of ship.